| Suzaka | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
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| Coordinates: | 36.6511°N 138.3073°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu) |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nagano |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Masao Miki (since January 2004) |
| Area Total Km2: | 149.67 |
| Population Total: | 50828 |
| Population As Of: | March 2019 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
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| Blank1 Name Sec1: | • Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Cryptomeria japonica |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | • Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Rhododendron molle |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | • Bird |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0268-62-1111 |
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| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Suzaka 1528-1, Suzaka-shi, Nagano-ken 382-8511 |
is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 50,828 in 19,979 households,[1] and a population density of 334 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 149.6sqkm.
Suzaka is located in northern Nagano Prefecture on the alluvial fan where the Matsukawa River joins the Chikuma River.
The city has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Suzaka is 10.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1189 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.2 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Suzaka has remained relatively stable over the past 40 years.
Suzaka is located in former Shinano Province and was a castle town for Suzaka Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reform of April 1,1 1889, the modern town of Suzaka was established. Suzuka annexed the village of Hitaki on December 1, 1936 and the villages of Hino and Toyosu on February 11, 1954. Suzaka was elevated to city status on April 1, 1954. On January 1, 1955, Suzaka annexed the neighbouring villages of Inoue and Takahe, followed by the village of Azuma on April 30, 1971.
Suzaka has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 20 members.
The city was noted in the Meiji period for its silk industry. After World War II, an electronics industry was established. Fujitsu Corporation has a plant in Suzaka.[4] The city is also noted for apples and grapes, and the Prefectural Agricultural Research Station is located in Suzaka.[5]
Suzaka has eleven public elementary schools and four public middle schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Nagano Prefectural Board of Education.
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